The nurse is telling the jury how Child B stopped breathing around 12.30am on a night in June 2015. The baby, which survived, broke out in similar 'whitey purple blotchy' patches to Child A. 'I just thought no, not again', the nurse told the jury

Notes from that night show how an emergency call went out to doctors. Child B was placed on an infant resuscitator and medicines administered. Within about 10/15mins Child B began to 'improve almost as quickly as she had deteriorated'

Lucy Letby's defence barrister Ben Myers KC is now questioning the witness. He asks her if there were times when the Countess of Chester, during the period June 2015-June 2016, was 'just too short staffed' 'Yes', the nurse replies.

Mr Myers is now asking the nurse about the circumstances of Child A's death. He asks whether she had been made aware, when starting her shift, that Child A had been without fluids and medicines for several hours due to various tubes being out of position. 'Possibly', she said

Circling back to the nurse's description of 'white and purple' patches, Mr Myers points the jury to past statements made by the witness - to police in 2018 - which make no mention of such patches. Asked to explain why they're mentioned now, but not then the nurse cannot explain

Mr Myers puts it to the witness that these descriptions of patches have come from subsequent discussions with other staff, rather than what was actually seen on Child A

We're back after a break. Jury is now hearing evidence from paediatric registrar Dr Rachel Lambie, who was on duty the night Child A died. Dr Lambie is talking the court through the emergency 'crash' call she got after Child A fell ill

Dr Lambie recalls arriving in the neonatal intensive care unit as medics were attempting to resuscitate Child A. After 30-40mintutes the decision was taken to stop.

Dr Lambie was also on shift the evening Child B fell ill, she recalls 'patches of purple and red flitting around her body...they lasted 10 seconds, disappeared and moved…as we treated her, they subsided and went away'

Paediatric consultant Dr Ravi Jayaram is now giving evidence. He is taking the jury through his recollection of the evening Child A died...he says the baby's deterioration 'didn't fit to me with any disease process that I have seen, learned or read about'

Dr Jayaram told the court that when he raised initial concerns about Ms Letby he was told 'not to make a fuss' by senior managers, he said he 'wished' he had been 'more courageous' in reporting his concerns. The case has been adjourned until tomorrow

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